go back

Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Indiana rates for HCPCS 31572

A slim flexible scope is passed through the nose to the voice box, and a laser fiber alongside it is used to burn away a growth on or near the vocal cords. It is typically done with the patient awake and the throat numbed, avoiding a general anesthetic.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth cost?

$9,740

Typical total for the visit. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,740 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$191 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$4,898 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $871 to $17,783Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $170 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $407

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Indiana· 1st of 50

$9,740

$407 physician + $9,333 facility

IN $9,740WV $879

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.